Stag Beetle
Introduction
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Stag Beetle
Image: © Glyn Baker Taken: 17 Jun 2007
This Stag Beetle (Lucanus cervus) in an urban garden probably owes its existence to the woodland management of Bourne Valley a few hundred yards away, where there is plenty of rotting wood for the larvae of invertebrates to feast on. You can see part of the wood at Image
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Image Location
Latitude
51.879513
Longitude
0.907221